Special Edition Using CGI

Copyright

Credits

About the Authors

Acknowledgements

Dedication

We'd Like to Hear From You

Introduction

Part I - CGI Fundamentals

• CHAPTER 1 Introducing CGI
• CHAPTER 2 Choosing Your CGI Tools

Part II - CGI Application Development

• CHAPTER 3 Designing Cgi Applications
• CHAPTER 4 Understanding Basic CGI Elements
• CHAPTER 5 Using HTML and CGI as a User Interface

Part III - CGI Programming Examples

• CHAPTER 6 Examples of Simple CGI Scripts
• CHAPTER 7 Custom Scripts for Forms Processing
• CHAPTER 8 Modifying CGI Scripts
• CHAPTER 9 How to Handle Custom Image Maps
• CHAPTER 10 Using Mime with CGI

Part IV - CGI Search Engines

• CHAPTER 11 Indexing a Web Site
• CHAPTER 12 Using WAIS with CGI
• CHAPTER 13 Custom Database Query Scripts
• CHAPTER 14 Robots and Web Crawlers
• CHAPTER 15 Generating HTML Documents in Real Time
• CHAPTER 16 Using Server-Side Includes

Part V - Interactive HTML Documents

• CHAPTER 17 Person-to-Person Interaction
• CHAPTER 18 Taking Advantage of Web-Based Audio
• CHAPTER 19 Using Web-Based Video Cameras

Part VI - CGI Tips and Techniques

• CHAPTER 20 Tips and Techniques for Perl
• CHAPTER 21 Tips and Techniques for Visual Basic
• CHAPTER 22 Tips and Techniques for C and C++
• CHAPTER 23 Tips and Techniques for Java
• CHAPTER 24 Tips and Techniques for AppleScript
• CHAPTER 25 Testing and Debugging CGI Scripts
• CHAPTER 26 Error Handling in CGI
• CHAPTER 27 Understanding CGI Security Issues

Part VII - Polishing CGI Scripts

• CHAPTER 28 Learning From the Pros

Part VIII - Appendixes

• Appendix A What's on the CD?
• Appendix B Commonly Used MIME Media Types